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Congratulations Jennifer Henszey! Our sponsor HomeTrust Bank is awarding her with a $200 Visa gift card 💳 for 1st place in the costume contest at the Halloween Bash @jameswhitesfort
Her Lady J Fortune Teller costume was incredible!! She even gave out fortune cards! ✨🔮✨

Spring is quickly approaching and we are looking for volunteers to help clean out the planting beds at the Fort in preparation for a planting day in April. We will be weeding, separating overgrown perennials, and spreading mulch beginning at 10 AM, but volunteers are welcome to come help anytime during the day. We will need extra shovels and wheelbarrows if anyone would like to bring tools with them. However, we will be glad to have volunteers to help with or without tools!

If you can’t make the March 25th Clean Up Day but still want to help, we will send out a notice for the April planting date as well. We’ll be happy to have volunteers ready to plant!

Hope to see you there,
James White’s Fort Board of Directors – Beautification Committee

Spring is quickly approaching and we are looking for volunteers to help clean out the planting beds at the Fort in preparation for a planting day in April. We will be weeding, separating overgrown perennials, and spreading mulch beginning at 10 AM, but volunteers are welcome to come help anytime during the day. We will need extra shovels and wheelbarrows if anyone would like to bring tools with them. However, we will be glad to have volunteers to help with or without tools!

If you can’t make the March 24th Clean Up Day but still want to help, we will send out a notice for the April planting date as well. We’ll be happy to have volunteers ready to plant!

Hope to see you there,
James White’s Fort Board of Directors – Beautification Committee

James White’s Fort will host a hands-on Herb Workshop with Jim Buckenmyer on Saturday, April 16, 2016.

Last year we had a great time building a raised bed Herb Garden at James White’s Fort. This year Jim will cover all of the many uses for herbs – how where and when to harvest, how to prepare them for use, how to make teas, tinctures, salves and a few other preparations.

Herbs had so many uses in our history that an herb garden was indispensable. This will be a hands on workshop where you will have the chance to learn by doing. Participants are encouraged to bring a potluck dish to share with the other participants.

Jim is a longtime participant in the reenacting community with immense knowledge in late-18th and early-19th century culture.

The cost is $25 per person, with money raised going toward educational programming at James White’s Fort. Space is limited to 20 people, so reserve yours now! To register, call 865-525-6514, purchase via the events calendar, or email SpecialEvents@JamesWhitesFort.org.

James White’s Fort is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit. The Fort is not owned by the City, County or State.